Katie's Room

For Katie's 7th Birthday I redid her room. She went from Strawberry shortcake to flowers and butterflies. Everything in here is Katie's choice. She picked out all the individual pieces and then I put them together and surprised her with the final result. I think it turned out really cute! She really loves blue right now as you might guess. I still owe her another pillow, but who knows when I will get it done. I'm tired of sewing for now. Sewing and painting are alot alike. You have to let some time go by so you can forget how much they suck before starting the next project.

New Wall

Here are the before pictures before we had the wall built. I don't have any looking directly in, but this was the room, and it just opened into the entryway.

Now, here is the wall built across.

First Day of School

Today was our first day of school. Katie started second grade. She is doing Abeka 3rd grade language arts, Abeka 2nd grade arithmetic, Sonlight 1+2 history and geography. Lizzy started Pre-K. She is doing Abeka Kindergarten Arithmetic and Language Arts, and Sonlight 1+2 History and Geography. They both do unit studies for science.

I am happy to have them back on a schedule. Hopefully it will cut down on all the excessive whining and arguing going on during the summer.

One day down, 169 to go!

Katie's 7th Birthday!

On Saturday, we celebrated Katie's 7th birthday! She had a butterfly themed party and had lots of friends and family over to swim and enjoy a bbq. She got lots of fun presents, and her big present this year was redecorating her bedroom. I'll post pictures soon of how it turned out.

VBS

Today was the last day of VBS at our church. We had a great week at Saddle Ridge Ranch, learning if you Need Answers? Ask God! Today we had a watermelon seed spitting contest, and got to pet the horses. Lizzy actually got to ride one of the ponies, but I missed that. I got a few pics of the kids in our class so you can click to download them.

Happy Birthday Katie

While we weren't paying close attention, this sweet little baby somehow grew into...

this sweet 7 year old girl. Happy Birthday, Katie! We love you!

Six Flags 2010

Yesterday we went to Six Flags and had an awesome time! Lizzy was really whiny the first few hours, but after that even she enjoyed it. It was hot but we cooled off in the misty fans and the water rides. I was brave enough for two scary rides, Batman the Ride, where your feet hang free, and Flashback which went through lots of loops and then went backwards through them again.I would have enjoyed going on the other coasters, but I was really scared - not of the coasters -  of the lines! The girls were both big enough to go on a few big kid rides too! They went on the Vibora which is like a luge, cried their way through the Big Spin, and really enjoyed the Runaway Mine Train. It was so funny watching Lizzy on the rides. She'd cry and scream "I want Daddy" then the minute it would stop she'd smile and say "let's go again!"

I was there

If you just looked at our family pictures you would think I never went anywhere so here is proof that I was there too.

MOPS BBQ

Last night we had our 4th annual MOPS Pops and Tots BBQ and swim night. We had so much fun with our Mops friends. Thanks so much to everyone who came!

Pretty picture and free stuff

Our Texas sages bloomed the other day. They were so pretty. Of course then it all fell in the pool and that wasn't so great. Theo said it was romantic swimming in flower petals (that was his excuse for not scooping them out).

Meanwhile, I am redoing Katie's room for her birthday. If anyone would like her strawberry shortcake stuff, let me know. I am not a sewer so they are far from perfect, but they looked really cute in her room. There are 2 valences (which were enough for 1 4 foot window), 2 matching light switch covers, 3 throw pillows, and a pillowcase that was used for decoration only. More pics are here

Singin' 'n' swingin'

We enjoyed a beautiful evening tonight. Everything looked so pretty and fresh after all the rain this week. We enjoyed a swim this evening and then the girls played on the swings for awhile to dry off before heading to bed. Wish every night could be a summer night.

Our Wedding Album

I finally got around to scanning in our wedding photos. We were married July 5, 2002 in Rochester NY. My Pastor officiated and his sweet wife, Cyndy, played the piano. Unfortunately, they have both passed away since then. Theo's mom came in from India and his best man flew in from Texas. Jamie was my maid of honor and this is the only picture I have of her in a dress. I don't think she has worn one since.

There are a few things about our wedding I would change if I could:

1.)Since I didn't have a father figure at the time, I walked myself down the aisle. I didn't realize I could have had my Mom walk with me or I would have.

2.)We probably shouldn't have served spicy Indian food on the hottest day of the year in a church with no air conditioning.

3.)I never did figure out when I should come in to the music. Cyndy worked with me over and over and still I forgot and she had to rush thru it.

But the one thing I wouldn't change is the guy I married. He has been a blessing to me for the last eight years and hope I to see many more shared with him.

July 4th

For the Fourth of July we joined some friends from church for a BBQ and to see the fireworks. We had a really great time and really enjoyed the show. We had such a great spot to see the fireworks from.

Kaboom Town

Saturday night, we went to Addison's Kaboom Town. Theo's new work allows people to park and view them from the garage. Our plan was to walk down and enjoy the festivities and then go back and watch the fireworks, but it didn't stop raining until it was nearly time to start so we got some Jimmie Johns, and waited for the rain to stop. When it finally did we enjoyed the World War II Airplane show, followed by a great fireworks show.

My new bedroom

After four years of living here, finally it was our turn! I painted my bedroom and bathroom over the last week or so. We had gotten new bedding for Christmas, and so we went with blue and brown to match that. Other than that and paint all I purchased was the molding and the new sconces over our bed. My mom had brought down the brown rug and curtains from her house when she had made her bathroom pretty to sell. Everything else I already had. We'd like to get a new ceiling fan and hopefully new carpet someday but for now, it's done. Oh, except that horrid colored chest of drawers that I need to paint to match the headboard.

Engagement photo

I took down all my pictures in my room to paint and I thought that it would be a good time to scan this one in and save it. I have a good plan to scan all the portraits we have taken that we don't have digital copies of but no one seems to be doing it so at least this is a start.

Theo asked me to marry him on my 22nd birthday in April 2002. We got portraits taken after wards. If I had taken off the giant pooh watch, you might have been able to notice the ring. I always thought Theo looked really sweet in this picture so we have it in our room.